Homeschool Transcript and GPA Calculator

On the plus/minus scale, take four one-credit courses: an Honors B+, an AP A, an AP F and a standard C.

• Unweighted: 3.3 + 4.0 + 0 + 2.0 = 9.3, and 9.3 ÷ 4 = 2.325, which rounds to 2.33.
• Weighted: the Honors B+ becomes 3.8 and the AP A becomes 5.0. The AP F stays at 0, because the bonus only applies to a passing grade of D or better. The C gets nothing extra. That's 3.8 + 5.0 + 0 + 2.0 = 10.8, and 10.8 ÷ 4 = 2.70.

If the failed course had been given its full AP point, a grade that earned no credit would lift the weighted GPA, which is the opposite of what weighting is meant to reward.

On the A–F scale, an A is worth 4, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F 0. If you switch a transcript that has pluses and minuses to this scale, a B+ or a B− simply counts as a B. On the plus/minus scale, the steps are A 4.0, A− 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B− 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C− 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0 and F 0. The table under the builder lists every grade on both scales.

Weighted GPA adds 0.5 for an Honors course and 1.0 for an AP or dual enrollment course, on a D or better. Both the unweighted and the weighted GPA are weighted by credits, so a half-credit course counts half as much as a full-year one.

These are common conventions, not a national standard, and families and schools vary in how they use them. Colleges often recalculate GPA their own way, sometimes counting only core academic courses or ignoring weighting entirely, so a clear list of courses and grades matters as much as the number at the bottom.

Give 1.0 credit for a full-year course and 0.5 for a one-semester course. The builder accepts quarter steps (0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and so on) up to 2 credits, for short courses or double-period classes.

States that set graduation rules count them in years or units of study. Pennsylvania's Department of Education guide says: "The following minimum courses in grades nine through twelve are established in State law as a requirement for graduation in a home education program." Its list is four years of English, three of mathematics, three of science, three of social studies and two of arts and humanities. The Pennsylvania guide sets these beside the state's other subject rules.

The New York regulation lists units for grades 9 through 12: four in English, four in social studies, two in mathematics, two in science, one in art or music, a half unit of health education, two in physical education and three units of electives. It adds: "The units required herein are cumulative requirements for grades 9 through 12." Think of one of those units as roughly one credit on your transcript.

The GPA is shown to two decimals, rounded half up, and it's worked out in exact whole numbers so a value like 3.425 isn't nudged down by floating-point error. Four one-credit courses on the plus/minus scale, an A, an A−, a B+ and a B−, give (4.0 + 3.7 + 3.3 + 2.7) ÷ 4 = 3.425, which the builder shows as 3.43.

Print gives a single page with your home school's name, the student's name, date of birth and graduation date, a table of courses for each year, the yearly and cumulative GPA, a key to the grading scale and how weighting was applied, and a line for the signature of a parent or school administrator with the date.

Your courses are saved in this browser only. Nothing is uploaded. Use Export backup (JSON) to keep a copy you can bring back with Import backup, on this computer or another one, and export again after each grading period.